Film Listings February 2016

Sun 7th Innocence of Memories British film-maker Grant Gee and Turkey’s Nobel prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk produce a mesmerising, meditation on love and the city of Istanbul 7:30pm film starts at 8pm £6/£5concs/Annual Membership £2

Sun 21st Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain Shows the most exciting and uncompromising British band in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and desperation of those without a voice in austerity Britain. The film follows Sleaford Modson a tour of the UK in the run up to the 2015 General Election, visiting the neglected, broken down and boarded up parts of the country that many would prefer to ignore. Part band doc, part look at the state of the nation, the documentary features individuals and communities attempting to find hope among the ruins, against a blistering soundtrack by Sleaford Mods 7:30pm film starts at 8pm £6/£5concs/Annual Membership £2

Weds 10th Pudding and Film Night: Sleepless in Seattle A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan 7pm films starts at 7:30pm £5 for ticket + pudding & coffee/£3 ticket only

Weds 24th 2001: A Space Odyssey The 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer Hal after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution. The film deals with the themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life…7pm films starts at 7:30pm £5 for ticket + pudding & coffee/£3 ticket only

Thurs 18th Merchants of Doubt @ Lansdown Hall Lifting the lid on the ‘professional deceivers’ manipulating US debate on climate change, this feature-length documentary profiles twelve of the charming deceivers who work for the tobacco, chemical, pharmaceutical, and fossil fuel industries.The event consists of a 96 minute film plus brief updates from Transition Stroud and 45 minutes of discussion for those interested 6:45pm screening starts at 7pm